Machine for pulling and raking thistles



Feb. :1.2, 1927.

G. HALVORSON MACHINE FOR PULLING AND RAKING THISTLES Flled March 19 1926 Feb. 22, 1927.

G. HALVORSON MACHINE FOR PULLING AND RAKING IHISTLESA Filed March 19, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Gi [ber-1" Halvorson.

o. r A Feb 22 7 G. x-lALvoRsQNy MACHINE FORY PULLING AND RAKING THIsTLEs Filed March 19, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 In Veni-or.' GL (ber Halvoron Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES GILBERT HALvonsoN, or Nonrnwoon, NORTH DAKOTA.

MACHINE FOR PULLING AND RAKING THISTLES.

Application filed March 19, 19556. Serial No. 95,393.

hlyr invention relates to machines for pulling and raking thistles. An object is to provide'a'machine which will pull thistles out of the ground and rake them into rows where they will dry. The machine is intended more particularly for use in connection with what are commonly known as sow thistles. Another object is to provide a. machine or this character having in addition to the main rake, an auxiliary rake which serves to level the ground after the thistles have been pulled. Another object vis to provide a machine otl this character in which diggers'or teeth are carried by a rotatable member which can be lifted to bring the digging teeth above the ground so that the machine can be transported on the highway or over fields-which are not to be operated upon. j

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear ,in connection with the detailed description thereof, and the novel features ol my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

.1u the accompanying drawings which illustrate a practical embodin'lent ot my inven-V tion- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the machine. Fig.V 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a. sideelevational view. Fig. 4 is a detail view in section on the line 4-4 oi Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of an operating device for ythe auxiliary rake.

Referring to the construction shown in the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the frame of the machine to which at the front end a draft bar 12 is secured whereby the machine may be drawn either by horses or by a tractor. .Secured to the underside of the frame at opposite sides thereof, are bearings 14 in which rotate trunnions 16 projecting from the ends of a cylindrical meinber 18 to which are secured a number or" bars 2O extending lengthwise Iof the cylinder in spaced relation around its periphery. The bars may be secured in any-suitable manner and, as shown, are'secured by bolts 22 passing through the axis of the cylinder and through two diametrically opposite bars. A plurality of digging teeth 24 are secured to the bars 20, the teeth on any bar being in staggered relation` to the teeth of the ad-V jacent bar as will be understood from Fig. 1. These teeth are of springy material and as shown consist of twoparts of dilierentv length, one overlying the other so that the shorter one constitutes aback support for the longer one. The outer ends of the dig;- gers are pointed, and the inner ends are bent so as to rextend around the inner and outer the machine. For this purpose, crank mem- 1 bers shown in Fig. 4L are provided. The crank members have opposite end portions 30 and 32 and an intermediate crank portion b4, the portion 32 being farther than the portion 30 from the crank portion 34. yThe hubs 29 ot the wheels are rotatably mounted on therportions 30 while the portions 32 are oscillatingly mountedin the frame 1t). Handles 36 are attached at their inner ends to the crank portions 34by straps 38 .and near their end just referred to are attached to disks 40 by n'ieans ot bolts or rivets 42, these disks being centrally mounted on the horizontal portions 32. lVhen the handles 36 are placed in the position shown in Fig. 3. the V'frame carrying the teeth 24 therewith will be lifted from the ground. .lVhen the handles are turned backward into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the frame and teeth will be lowered so that the latter are in position to dig into the ground.- The handles are adapted to be held in forward positio-n in suitable manner as by U-bolt-s 44 which maybe readily released. The handles are also adapted to be held releasably in rearward position by bars 46. A cover 48 1s detachably secured to the frame over the rotatable cylinder in orderv that the teeth may be readily reached. A seat 50 for the driver is secured to the rear of the frame and an upwardly extending member 52 prevents the seat from tipping back too far. The bar 54 serves as a cleaner for theteet-h in order to prevent the thistles from accumulating thereon. The ends of this bar are attached to arms 56 whose rear ends are pivotally attached to the frame as indicated at 5S in Fig. 2. Stops 60 secured to the frame serve to prevent the cleaner from dropping too far. By referring to Fig. 2, it will be understood that the cleaner bar has an outwardly sliding movement with relation to the teeth 24 in order to strip oli thistles after they have been pulled. Hangers 62 depending from the frame have arms 64 pivoted to their inner ends. A bar 66 is secured to the rear ends of the arms 64. The bar 66 is provided with two rows Ot' short downwardly extending teeth, the teeth in the forward row being designated 68 and the teeth in the rear row being designated 70. It will be under stood from Fig. 2 that the teeth in the two rows are in staggered relation to each other. 'lhese teeth serve as a 'drag to level the ground in addition to their use as an auxiliary rake. It is obvious that means must be provided 'lor lifting the bar (36 carrying these teeth at rather frequent intervals. For this purpose, a. rod 'T2 is secured at its lower end to the bar This rod extends forwardly in an inclined direction and then vertically, a handle 74; being provided at its upper end. In order to hold the rod 72 downwardly and keep the teeth (3S and TU in the ground, the rod extends slidably through a member TG i `secured to the rear frame member as shown in Fig. 5, the rod having a shoulder i8 adapted to engage underneath the number 7G in which position it is disenga geabl y held by a spring SO. A main rake is mounted at the rear of the machine. 'l` his rake includes long teeth S2 seeured to a transverse har Arms SG are secured at their rear ends `to the bar and at their front ends are secured to a transverse rod SS rotatably mounted in the frame. A lever handle 90 and a ioot pedal 92 secured to the rod SS constitute operating` means by which the driver may litt the rake. The rod 88 is also connected with the bar SalA by downwardly inclined arms 94 whereby the rake is lirmly supported for swinging movement.

The operation and advantages et my invention will new he understood. When the traine of the machine is lowered on the wheels into the position shown in Fig. 2, it will be apparent that the digging teeth 2a stick into the ground and that as the inaehine is drawn `forwardly the cylinder 18 with the teeth secured thereto will rotate and cause the teeth te have a pulling action on the thistles growing in the ground over which the machine travels. The thistles are caught hy the teeth 2l and stripped there- 'rem by the cleaner 5l so that they drop in :t1-ont of the rake having the short teeth (5S and T0. This ralie is lifted by the driver at Yfrequent intervals by means ot the rod 72 and then is quickly dropped so that the teeth level the ground from which the this tles have been pulled. The thistles when released hy the front rake will be caught by the rear rake, and when this rake becomes filled, it is lil'ted by the driver so that the thistles are lett in windrows.

I claim:

A machine :tor pulling and raking thistlcs comprising a i'rame, a rotatable member mounted in said traine, a plurality ot teeth around said rotatable member 'or pulling' thistles, a rake supported by said t ame hehind said rotatable member, means ter litting said rake, a second rake supported by said trame behind said lirst rake, and means for lifting said second rake indeliendently oit said tirst rake. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my si gnature.

GILBERT IIALVORSON. 

